# RETRACTION: Effect of Laparoscopic‐Assisted Transvaginal Hysterectomy on Wound Complications in Patients With Early Stage Cervical Cancer: A Meta‐Analysis

## TL;DR

This retracted paper claimed to analyze wound complications from a specific surgery for early cervical cancer but was found to have a compromised peer review process.

## Contribution

The paper's findings and analysis are invalid due to a fraudulent peer review process.

## Key findings

- The article was retracted due to a compromised peer review process.
- No valid conclusions or contributions were made by the paper.
- The authors did not respond to the retraction notice.

## Abstract

RETRACTION:
ZhangJ.
,
ZhouY.
,
YeH.
,
ChenC.
, and
LuoY.
, “Effect of Laparoscopic‐Assisted Transvaginal Hysterectomy on Wound Complications in Patients With Early Stage Cervical Cancer: A Meta‐Analysis,” International Wound Journal
21, no. 4 (2024): e14529, 10.1111/iwj.14529.38069545
PMC10961037

The above article, published online on 08 December 2023, in Wiley Online Library (http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/), has been retracted by agreement between the journal Editor in Chief, Professor Keith Harding; and John Wiley & Sons Ltd. Following an investigation by the publisher, all parties have concluded that this article was accepted solely on the basis of a compromised peer review process. The editors have therefore decided to retract the article. The authors did not respond to our notice regarding the retraction.